Mechanical doll.



W. A. FUSCH.

MECHANICAL DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1911.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

WAEN'IE A. FUSCH, F DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

MECHANICAL DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application filed April 9, 1917. Serial No. 160,714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAuNm A. FUSCII, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Mechanical Doll, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subjectmatter of this application is a toy having the form of a doll or puppet, including a body, a movable head and arms, the armscarrying a bottle.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby the arms may be raised, toward the head of the figure, to simulate the operation of drinking out of a bottle, means being provided whereby a rearward tilting movement will be imparted to the head, as in the act of drinking, the bottle and the arms of the figure being so constructed that the fluid in the bottle will run out of the bottle into the arms, when the arms and the bottle are raised, thereby giving the impression that the contents of the bottle have been drunk away.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the operation above mentioned may be carried out repeatedly at intervals, through the instrumentality of a motor of any desired kind.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, th invention resides in the combination an arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invenmen.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a toy embodying the present invention, parts appearing in. section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinai section of the toy, parts appearing in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the toy;

Fig. i is a plan showing one of the shafts used;

Fig. 5 is a fragmental section taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 3, illustrating the construction whereby the fluid in the bottle is permitted to drain into the arms, when the arms and the bottle are raised.

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the operating cam.

The toy forming the subject matter of this application may be made out of any desired material and includes! a body 1 which can be constructed in different ways, dictated by the tastes of the manufacturer. The body 1 is provided in its top with an opening 2, and includes a bottom 3, legs 4 which aid in supporting the body against tipping over, a front 5, a back 6 and sides 7.

The numeral 8 denotes a head having a mouth 9 and including a neck 10 received in the opening 2 of the body 1. A shaft 11 has its endsmounted in the body 1 near to the opening 2 and upon the shaft 11 the head is mounted for swinging movement backwardly and forwardly. The shaft. 11 passes through the neck 10 near to the rear edge of the neck, and consequently, the head 8 normally tends to gravitate forwardly, until the forward edge of the neck 10 abuts against the upper edge of the front 5.

The ends of a shaft 12 are journaled for rocking movement in the sides 7 of the body, the shaft 12 being supplied intermediate its ends with an upwardly extended finger 14 which bears against the under surface of the neck 10, near to the forward edge of the neck. The extremities of the shaft 12 are in the form of angular projections 16 engaged with or embedded in arms located exteriorly of the body 1, the construction being such that when the shaft 12 is rocked, the arms 15 will be swung upwardly and downwardly. The bands which constitute parts of the arms 15 are clasped about and hold securely a bottle 17, which may be in the form of a nursing bottle. The rear end of the neck of the bottle projects slightly beyond the hands, as shown at 18. In the arms 15, chambers 19 are formed. The

neck of the bottle 17 is supplied with openings 20 communicating with the chambers 19 of the respective arms. The bottle '17 is adapted to contain a fluid of any kind, indicated at 31. This fluid need not be a liquid. A fine, dry sand will answer the purpose, provided that it will flow readily. The bottle 17 is transparent, but the arms 15 are opaque.

The shaft 12 is provided intermediate its ends, with a forwardly extended crank arm 21, loosely and pivotally connected as indicated at 22 with the upper end of a plunger 23 located within the body 1 and supported in guides 24 on the backfi. The lower end of the plunger 23 bears on a cam 25 earned b the driven shaft 26 of a spring motor 2 which may be mounted on the bottom The winding shaft of the spring motor 18 shown at 28 and may be actuated by a key 29 insertable into an opening 30 in the back 6.

Let it be supposed that the structure is in the condition shown in Fig. 1. Then the cooperationbetween the various parts is as follows The head 8 has gravitated forwardly, swinging on the pivot shaft 11, until the forward edge of the neck 10 engages the upper edge of the front 5. The arms 15 are in depending positions, and the fluid 31 is in the transparent bottle 17. and is visible. When the motor 27 is put into operation, the shaft 26 is rotated and a longitudinal movement is imparted to the plunger 23 by the cam 25. The arm 21 rocks the shaft 12 and the arms 15, being attached to the shaft'12, are raised until the rear end 18 of the neck of the bottle coiiperates with the mouth 9. When the parts are disposed as aforesaid, the fluid 31 in the bottle passes through the openings 20 and disappears into the cavities 19 in the arms 15, thus giving the impression that the fluid has been drunk. After the bottle 17 has been raised to the mouth 9, and while the fluid 31 is passing from the bottle 17 to the cavities 19 in the arms 15, the finger 14 of the shaft 12 enga es the neck 10 and tilts the head 8 rearwar dly.

A further rotation of the shaft 26 by the spring motor 27 lowers the arms 15 to the positions of Fig. 1, and when the arms are lowered, the fluid 31 in the cavities 19 runs slowly back into the bottle 17.

It is to be observed that the cam 25 is so shaped that the following operation takes place :The arms 15 are first raised, then the head 8 is tilted rearwardly, the head is held in a stationary, rearwardly tilted position, and the arms 15 are maintained elevated for a time, while the fluid 31 in the bottle 17 is flowing into the cavities 19 of the arms 15, the arms 15 are then permitted aeeaiea to swing downwardly, and the head 8 gravitates forwardly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device of the class described including as cooperating parts, a body, a swinging head, and an arm mounted to swing independently of the head; a receptacle carried by the arm and movable with the arm to- .ward and away from the head, one of said constituting means for raising the arm; and

a receptacle carried by the arm and movable with the arm toward and away from the head, the arm having a cavity into which the receptacle discharges when the arm is raised. I

3. A device of the class described comprising a body; a head pivoted to the body; an arm; a receptacle carried by the arm. the arm having a cavity into which the receptacle discharges, when the arm' is raised toward the head; a shaft mounted to rock in the body, the shaft being connected with the arm, and having a finger which engages the head to tilt the head rearwardly; a motor carried by the body; and an operative connection between the motor and the shaft.- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WARNIE A. FUSCH.

Witnesses:

.W. Z. WALMSLEY, Ross SHIRIDE. 

